Caring for kids and parents at the same time, in one place. Shared visibility across siblings, one calendar for both generations, and a clear picture of what care is costing.
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1.4 million people in the UK aged 16 to 64 are sandwich carers, looking after both children and an adult relative at the same time (ONS, January 2021 to May 2023). One in four reports symptoms of mental ill-health. Around 6 million UK workers self-identify as in the sandwich generation (Unum, 2022).
The admin is brutal. Medication schedules, GP appointments, school runs, hospital discharges, sibling coordination, who is collecting whom on Tuesday. Most do it across WhatsApp threads with brothers and sisters, three calendars, a pile of medication slips, and a head full of mental load that never empties.
There is almost nothing built for this. Carer apps focus on professional carers. Family apps focus on kids. The 1.4 million British people doing both at once have been left to invent a system out of Notes, screenshots, and goodwill.
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The jobs to be done, named in plain English.
Each feature mapped to a job above. Built to work together.
Your family events plus your parents' appointments, in one calendar.
Colour-coded by household. Filterable. Two-household sync built in.
Why this matters here. Most sandwich carers run two calendars badly. One calendar, with a clear filter, is the difference between making the GP appointment and missing it.
Read more on The PlanScoped access for paid carers, family helpers and trusted neighbours.
Permissions are set per role, every action captured in an audit log, and access is revocable at any time. Carers see the shared calendar, lists, meal plans, pets, family memories and safety details, and nothing else.
Why this matters here. The load is shared between siblings and trusted helpers without handing anyone the keys to everything.
Read more on Carer ModeMedication given, observations from each visit, GP advice noted.
Append-only. Shareable with siblings or printable for medical appointments.
Why this matters here. When the GP asks 'how has she been the last two weeks?', you have an answer. When your sibling visits next, they see what happened on yours. Family Chat carries the running commentary, and shared documents in The House hold GP letters and discharge notes.
Your parents in one role, your children in another, paid carers in a third.
Permissions per person, per feature. Audit log on every change.
Why this matters here. A neighbour who walks the dog does not need to see the medication log. A sibling does. The roles match the relationships.
Read more on The CircleToday's events at home and at your parents'. The next medication. The next appointment.
Single morning view. Designed for kettle-on, coffee-in-hand reading.
Why this matters here. Most sandwich-carer mornings start with a quick, anxious mental run-through. The Hub does the run-through for you.
Read more on The HubPower of attorney, medical records, hospital discharge notes, lasting power of attorney certificates.
Searchable. Shared with chosen Circle members only. Encrypted at rest.
Why this matters here. When the hospital asks for the LPA at the discharge desk, you have it. When a sibling needs to see the GP letter, you can share it without forwarding screenshots.
Read more on Document storageRepeat prescriptions, GP appointments, weekly shop for two homes.
Anyone in The Circle can add. Anyone with permission can complete.
Why this matters here. Whoever notices, adds. Whoever has time, completes. The list distributes the noticing load that usually sits with one person.
Read more on The ListAppend-only record of who did what across the household.
Who logged the medication. Who updated the GP. Who marked the appointment as attended.
Why this matters here. Sibling friction is often about not knowing what happened. The audit log replaces 'did anyone do this?' with a calm, factual answer.
Carer apps focus on professional carers. Family apps focus on kids. Almost nothing is built for the 1.4 million British people doing both at once.
Haevn is. The coordination features that work today (The Circle, The Plan, Family Chat, The Pot, and shared documents in The House) already share the load between siblings, and The Care Log is built around what sandwich carers actually need: append-only records, scoped sibling access, and a way to stop carrying it all in your head. Your subscription covers the household, your kids' admin and your parents' admin and your siblings' visibility, under one £6.99 a month.
We will not pretend this resolves everything. Sandwich caring is hard for reasons that no app removes for you. What Haevn does is take one whole layer off the top: the layer where you are also the database, the secretary, and the dispatcher. That layer is enough.
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Caring for both children and an adult relative at the same time, often a parent or parent-in-law. The Office for National Statistics estimates 1.4 million people in the UK aged 16 to 64 are sandwich carers. Around one in four reports symptoms of mental ill-health.
You set up your parent's household as a linked Circle, with you as the primary coordinator, and add siblings, paid carers or trusted neighbours with scoped permissions. Each person only sees what their role allows, and every action is captured in the audit log. Alongside it, the coordination features work as you would expect: shared calendar across both generations, sibling visibility through The Circle, Family Chat for the running commentary, and cost tracking in The Pot so no one sibling quietly carries the bill.
Yes. Each sibling gets their own login with the permissions you choose. They can see what you choose to share (typically the calendar, Family Chat, the shopping list and The Care Log) and contribute to it. The audit log records who did what, so coordination does not become argument.
If your parent has mental capacity, they can consent to their data being held in a coordination tool like Haevn. If they lack capacity, lawful authority must come from a registered Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare (or a Property and Affairs LPA for relevant data), or a court-appointed deputy. Haevn provides the technical mechanism for sharing. The lawful authority is yours to document.
Only if you choose to share. You can grant a paid carer scoped access to The Care Log. Most GPs and care providers do not currently use Haevn directly; the more common pattern will be to print or export The Care Log for an appointment.
Not today. Several well-respected carer-focused apps exist and many sandwich carers use them. The two categories cover different ground: dedicated carer tools are care-focused; Haevn covers care plus the rest of the household. We will look at integrations if there is demand and the providers are open to it.
The Care Log is yours. You can export it as a PDF and keep it for as long as you wish. You can also delete it. If you choose to delete the linked household, the data is removed within 30 days, in line with our retention schedule.
Yes. You can add a paid carer to The Circle with a scoped role. Carer role: invite a grandparent, childminder or someone helping care for a parent. Carers see the shared calendar, lists, meal plans, pets, family memories and safety details, and nothing else. These limits are enforced where the data lives, not just hidden on screen. Their access is logged and revocable at any time.
No. The Care Log lets you record what was given, when, and by whom. It does not advise on dosage, interaction, or appropriateness. Medical advice should always come from a clinician. The Care Log's job is to make the record clearer for the clinician to advise on.
Lawful basis for processing their data must come from a registered Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare, a court-appointed deputy, or another lawful route under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Best-interests decisions should follow the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice. If you are unsure, the Office of the Public Guardian and Age UK have clear, free guidance.
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Cancel any time. Your data, exportable, always. One subscription covers your household and your linked carer Circle.
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